David,

Key question is how do I configure network connections with NetworkManager 
from the command line?

Thanks, Allen
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On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, David Sommerseth wrote:

> On 07/10/14 13:55, Allen Wilkinson wrote:
>> I could use help on the SUBJECT problem.
>>
>> This is for an old laptop that uses the ipw2200 wifi driver.
>> It assigns the wifi to eth1.
>>
>> eth0 for wired Ethernet is active okay, and I want eth1 active at the
>> same time.
>>
>> ifup eth1 seems to only allow WEP keys successfully.
>> NetworkManager never seems to connect at run level 3 using WPA for any
>> configuration that I can figure out. nm-tool does show WPA should be
>> possible.
>>
>
> Hi Allen,
>
> If you already have configured the network connections using
> NetworkManager, it should be fairly possible to start the wireless
> network using 'nmcli'.  That's a command line tool for Network Manager.
>
> You most likely need to play around with 'nmcli con'.  F.ex. I have a
> wirelss config called 'home'.  So to connect from the command line, I do
> this:
>
>  [user@host:~] $ nmcli con up id home
>
> I'll admit, it's a long time since I played with EL5, so it might not be
> fully supported.  But on EL6 and newer, this is possible.
>
>
> -- 
> kind regards,
>
> David Sommerseth
>